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Is Lsass.exe the "heart" of the Active Directory engine?"Spin" <S***@invalid.com> wrote in message From security bulletin MS04-11:news:7ba6s6F22umqkU1@mid.individual.net... > Gurus, > > Is Lsass.exe the "heart" of the Active Directory engine? > > -- > Spin Local Security Authority Subsystem Service (LSASS) provides an interface for managing local security, domain authentication, and Active Directory processes. It handles authentication for the client and for the server. It also contains features that are used to support Active Directory utilities. Hello,
Lsass.exe is actually a Core Component for Windows Security System. Thanks Hello Spin,
The heart of security, doesn't matter if local computer or domain member. "Local Security Authority (LSA) The LSA Subsystem Service (LSASS) is the security subsystem in Windows that is responsible for: User authentication. Local system security policy, which controls who can log on to the computer, password policies, privileges that are granted to users and groups, and the system security auditing settings. Sending security audit messages to the event log. User authentication in the LSASS is performed with security packages that are dynamically loaded at run time. There are two basic types of security packages; one is an authentication package that is accessed through a set of APIs, which are referred to as the LSA API. The other is named Security Support Provider (SSP), which is accessed through the Security Support Provider Interface (SSPI). The LSA API is used for local authentication on a workstation or server. This API is called when you enter a user name and password at the CTRL+ALT+DEL login prompt, or when you use the Win32 LogonUser function that is available through the advapi32dll." From: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa480609.aspx Best regards Meinolf Weber Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm Show quoteHide quote > Gurus, > > Is Lsass.exe the "heart" of the Active Directory engine? > 
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